The Forgotten Men

Leigey, Margaret E.

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“…75 Drawing from interviews over two periods with twenty-five men serving life without parole, Margaret Leigey describes common feelings of detachment among those disconnected from networks of financial and emotional support. 76 Between the shame of imprisonment and the burden of visits, a life in prison results in estrangement for many. 77 As Praphatananda writes, "once our loved ones step out of the visiting room for the last time, we'll never see them again.…”

Section: The Possibility Of Life As Punishmentmentioning

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“…76 Between the shame of imprisonment and the burden of visits, a life in prison results in estrangement for many. 77 As Praphatananda writes, "once our loved ones step out of the visiting room for the last time, we'll never see them again. Life without the possibility of parole also means without the possibility of reunion."…”

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“…79 Their connections to the world fading, those facing life without parole reconstruct community among themselves. 80 "I longed to be part of a selfgoverning body," Victor Hassine remembers of joining a "lifers meeting" at Graterford State Prison. 81 New connections are forged despite the danger and deprivation of prison life: the loss of privacy, autonomy, the higher risk of violence and disease.…”

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“…82 Alongside the rise of life imprisonment came the decline of the rehabilitative ideal, and today those sentenced to death-inprison are routinely excluded from the few programs left. 83 Thus the new selves and societies created behind bars are usually incidental to the work of corrections. 84 For some, change is an inevitable result of time spent separated from the contexts that contributed to their crimes.…”

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“…For some, these efforts are inspired by the slim chance that a new court case or a commutation may provide a way out through the legal labyrinth. 106 "We understand the language, the wording which clearly states that there will be no chance of a second chance," Praphatananda writes: "of course, none of us really believes this." 107 As Ernest Kikuta Chavez has argued, though, even those approaching a natural death in prison "assert their humanity against a dehumanizing institution by creating death rituals for one another."…”

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“The State was Patiently Waiting for Me to Die”: Life without the Possibility of Parole as Punishment

Bennett

2020

Political Theory

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Despite its growing use over past decades, there has been relatively little public or scholarly discussion of life sentences that deny the possibility of parole. This essay outlines the labyrinthine legal and political developments that have rendered life imprisonment difficult to address—including the intertwined histories of the death penalty and civil death—and draws upon the life writing of those serving life to theorize a more distinct understanding of this punishment. Witnesses reveal how the possibility of life despite the impossibility of parole punishes by subverting the goals of human growth and development. The potentiality of what can be done in the present grinds up against the futility of what could have been done and what could be done were release an option. Considered alongside the laws and court opinions and claims that characterize its convoluted development, these testimonies reveal this punishment’s role in the American imagination. Life without the possibility of parole reinforces and relies upon a vision that not simply some people are unable to change, but that anyone in a democracy—no matter their position—is some steps away from irretrievable exclusion. Permanent confinement denies a restorative vision of democracy: any effort to abolish or amend it must include the voices of those imprisoned.

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confidence: 99%

Section: The Possibility Of Life As Punishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Possibility Of Life As Punishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Possibility Of Life As Punishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Possibility Of Life As Punishmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“The State was Patiently Waiting for Me to Die”: Life without the Possibility of Parole as Punishment

Bennett

2020

Political Theory

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Dessecker¹

2018

Edition Forschung Und Entwicklung in Der Strafrechtspflege

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Gedanken an ein Lebensende in Haft – eine Besonderheit der Inhaftierten im höheren Alter

Meuschke¹,

Jagsch

2020

Forens Psychiatr Psychol Kriminol

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ZusammenfassungZiel der Studie war es, die Rolle etwaiger Gedanken an den Tod und das Sterben im Hinblick auf die Persönlichkeit, die physische und psychische Gesundheit sowie die Zufriedenheit mit unterschiedlichen Bereichen des Lebens und der Haftsituation von Inhaftierten im Seniorenalter zu untersuchen. Die Studie wurde als fragenbogenbasierte Querschnittuntersuchung konzipiert. Insgesamt wurden 55 Inhaftierte im Alter von 60 Jahren und mehr aus 11 österreichischen Justizanstalten mittels Beck-Depression-Inventar II, Brief Symptom Inventar-53 und NEO-Fünf-Faktoren-Inventar untersucht. Zusätzlich wurde die Zufriedenheit mit unterschiedlichen Facetten ihres aktuellen Lebens und Alltages mittels visueller Analogskalen (VAS) bewertet. Die statistische Überprüfung etwaiger Unterschiede erfolgte anhand von Mittelwertsvergleichen. Die Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass inhaftierte Senioren, die keine Gedanken an den Tod berichten, niedrigere Neurotizismuswerte und eine deutlich geringere psychische Belastung berichten als Senioren, die derartige Gedanken angaben. Zudem wird deutlich, dass sich die Subgruppen anhand der Dauer der derzeitigen Inhaftierung unterscheiden, wobei die Intensität der Gedanken an den Tod mit der Haftdauer signifikant zunimmt. Zudem ergab sich hinsichtlich des subjektiven physischen Gesundheitszustandes ein signifikanter Unterschied zwischen den beiden Subgruppen, wohingegen die derzeitige Haftsituation sowie der objektive Gesundheitszustand keinen Einfluss zu haben scheinen.

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The Forgotten Men

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“The State was Patiently Waiting for Me to Die”: Life without the Possibility of Parole as Punishment

“The State was Patiently Waiting for Me to Die”: Life without the Possibility of Parole as Punishment

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